Jihadists in Mozambique Far From a Spent Force: Intelligence Report

A military convoy of South Africa National Defence Forces (SANDF) rides along a dirt road in the Maringanha district in Pemba on August 5, 2021. - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) bloc is rallying behind neighbouring Mozambique, sending troops to battle jihadists wreaking havoc in the gas-rich north and posing a threat to other countries. Alfredo Zuniga/AFP via Getty Images

JOHANNESBURG—Radical, anti-West religious leaders across East Africa continue to win recruits for extremist entities supported by the terror group ISIS’s international network, negating gains made by a regional peacekeeping force, according to new intelligence into a jihadist insurgency in Mozambique.

A study indicates that hardened terrorists from across Africa enjoy almost unfettered access to the resource-rich southeastern African country, because of porous borders and a coastline that’s largely unpoliced.